Rake.



PATENTED APR. 25,1905.

C. IDLY.

'RAKE.

APPLIOATIDN FILED DEC. 20, 1904.

31 wenioz V witvwowo No. 788,261. Patented April 25, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHRISTIAN IDLY, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO J. PAUL IDLY, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,261, dated April 25, 1905.

Application filed December 20, 1904. $erial No. 237,717-

TO all 1071107171 7315 y OOYMJWW'M the usual handle 1, provided at one end with 5 Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN IDLY, a citia head 2 and having a plurality of teeth 3 zen of the United States, residing at Oklamounted in the head. The head 2 is preferhoma, in the county of Oklahoma, Oklahoma ably secured to the handle 1 by means of a 5 Territory, have invented certain new and usepiece of strap-iron l, and said head is preferful Improvements in Rakes, of which the folably made from a transverse bar havinga plu- 55 lowing is a specification. rality of vertical openings through which the This invention embodies improvements in teeth 3 pass. The teeth 3 are preferably of lawn-rakes, and the object of the invention curved formation, being made from a single primarily is to provide means for preventing length of material bent between its ends, as

the teeth of a rake of this type from cutting shown at 5, to form spaced toothed members. 60 or tearing up the soil of the lawn as the im- The construction of the teeth is non-essential plement is being drawn thereover in the cuswithin the contemplation of the invention,

tomary manner. since any type of these members may be em- The improvements comprise, essentially, ployed. Suitable braces 6 are provided for ground-supports for the rake-teeth, said supthe head 2. 5 ports preferably consisting of runners carried Upon the ends of the head 2 are mounted by the head of the rake to keep the teeth off the ground supporting devices, and these of the ground. to preventclogging of the teeth, members consist of runners 7, projecting and to generally lighten the work so that the downwardly from the head 2 and secured implement may be operated with greater ease thereto in any substantial manner. The run- 7 than incident to the common types of rakes at ners 7 are designed to rest upon the ground present in use. in order to hold the teeth 3 slightly off of For a full description of the invention and the ground, and thereby prevent these teeth 5 the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowlfrom catching in the soil and tearing or otheredge of the details of construction of the means wise acting upon the same in a manner detrifor efiecting the result reference is to be had to mental to the perfect keepinglof the lawn. The the following description and accompanying runners 7 each consist of a shank 8, which drawings. passes through a vertical opening in the head 3 While the invention may be adapted to dif- 2, the shank being thence extendedforwardly ferent forms and conditions by changes in the to form the runners or ground portion proper, structure and minor details without departing after which the runner is extended rearwardl y from the spirit or essential features thereof, toward the handle 8 to form ahorizontal brace still the preferred embodiment thereof is portion 9, which is passed througha horizon- 35 shown in the accompanying drawings, in tal opening in the head 2 and secured to the whichlast-mentioned part. The rear extremity of 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lawnthe portion 9 of the runner is preferablyheadrake having the invention applied thereto. ed, as shown at 10, and a washer 11 may be Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail interposed between the headed portion 10 and 4 perspective view of one of the toothed supthe head 2 of the implement for obvious purporting members which contacts with the poses. The portions of the runner 7 which 9 ground in operating the rake. extend vertically and horizontally through Corresponding and like partsare referred the head 2 are almost in the same vertical to in the following description and indicated plane, the above subserving the rigidity of 45 in all the views of the drawings by the same the member 7.

reference characters. It will be seen from the foregoing that a The construction of rake to which the inrake having the runners 7 located at the ends vention is shown applied is that of a type at thereof or at intermediate points in the head present in use, and the implement comprises 2may be advantageously used, since the teeth are not likely to engage the soil and become clogged as they carry the grass or like material. The teeth being held a short distance above the surface of the soil will enable the operator to use the implement with greater ease, this being a desideratum in a device of this class. Further, it will be noted that the provision of the supporting devices 7 does not materially increase the cost of the implement for the reason that these parts are simple and cheaply constructed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In a rake, the combination 0 t a handle, a head attached to said handle, a plurality of teeth se- 

